This white paper looks back at the evolution of encryption and key management systems, and examines the key challenges faced by IT teams around encryption systems, including regulation and compliance, complexity, lack of proper management tools. This is followed by a review of the recent industry initiatives and compliance regulations that are shaping the future of key management.
The paper concludes with an introduction to CipherTrust Manager, the next generation enterprise key management offering from Thales, which provides a powerful integrated solution that enables organizations to centrally manage encryption key lifecycle and policies for Thales Data Protection Connectors and third-party KMIP compliant products in the enterprise.